Notes: Formerly known as Red Banks.vPart of 200,000 acre Virginia Land Grant issued to Col. Richard Henderson, for whom the city and county were named. See Act of 1/6/1812. Declaration of Reclassification states year of incorporation as 1810.

Population Estimates:

1990: 26143

1991: 26204

1992: 26495

1993: 26607

1994: 26531

1995: 26584

1996: 26586

1997: 26648

1998: 26649

1999: 26566

2000: 27386

2001: 27405

2002: 27420

2003: 27468

*Compiled by the Ky. State
Data Center. Population Estimates may change
as city boundaries are adjusted.